VS Post Build Event, copy one level above solution folder?

Question

I currently have

  <PropertyGroup>
    <PostBuildEvent>copy "$(TargetPath)" "$(SolutionDir)Shared.Lib\$(TargetFileName)"</PostBuildEvent>
  </PropertyGroup>

I want to do something like this, but one level above $(SolutionDir)

score 34 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 21 '11 at 00:20

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You can use ..\ to move up a directory.

 <PropertyGroup>
    <PostBuildEvent>copy "$(TargetPath)" "$(SolutionDir)..\Shared.Lib\$(TargetFileName)"</PostBuildEvent>
  </PropertyGroup>

answered Jun 21 '11 at 00:20

joncham

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what if I just want to copy one particular binary, and not every output file? – bevacqua Jun 21 '11 at 00:24
Are you saying that line currently copies more than one file? I would expect $(TargetPath) to point to the exe/library you are building for the project. – joncham Jun 21 '11 at 00:30
This answer did not work for me. [This one](https://stackoverflow.com/a/12521225/6655465) does. The problem lies in the `..\` in quote; it should be outside. – Eduardo Pignatelli Jan 08 '18 at 10:32

score 13 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 21 '12 at 20:53

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Solution:

copy "$(TargetPath)" "$(SolutionDir)"..\"Shared.Lib\$(TargetFileName)"

If you have ..\ within the quotation marks, it will take it as literal instead of running the DOS command up one level.

edited Sep 21 '12 at 20:53

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answered Sep 20 '12 at 21:31

sourcecode108

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Thanks a lot. That's exactly what was missing! – Bruno Bieri Feb 07 '15 at 20:41
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thnx a lot. It worked with me as well. but with copy not xcopy – Alaa' Feb 28 '18 at 15:16

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 23 '11 at 12:36

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This is not working in VS2010 .. is not resolved but becomes part of the path

Studio is running command something like this copy drive$:\a\b\bin\debug drive$:\a\b..\c

answered Jun 23 '11 at 12:36

Kiran Bheemarti

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Make sure the path you choose exists, it didn't work for me until the path actually existed. – bevacqua Jun 23 '11 at 12:57

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 07 '19 at 14:12

In .Net Core edit csproj file:

<Target Name="PostBuild" AfterTargets="PostBuildEvent">
  <Exec Command="copy /Y &quot;$(TargetPath)&quot; &quot;$(SolutionDir)&quot;..\&quot;lib\$(TargetFileName)&quot;" />
</Target>

/Y Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an existing destination file.

score -1 · Answer 5 · answered May 31 '16 at 09:09

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xcopy "$(TargerDir)." "$(SolutionDir)..\Installer\bin\"

Note: "../" is used for One level up folder structure

answered May 31 '16 at 09:09

Sunil bisht

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